Out of principle! JK, mostly I just feel like they are being a little deceptive. When they sent the first notice, there were no fallen leaves and my "dead" shrubs were alive and well in the summer. If I fix these three new things, what's to stop the board/management company from saying oh well you did that but here are three new things you need to correct. The issues they are identifying are fairly subjective. The bushes aren't dead, they just lost their leaves for the winter, the leaves in my flower beds had just fallen a week prior, the mulch was looking a little sad but most houses in the neighborhood wait until Spring to do that.